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Conviction Indigenous spiritual authority or imitation Towaoc, CO, USA · 2025
Lyndreth Hemp Wall: 15 federal convictions for assaults during purported spiritual treatment
Record class
Core record
Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
purported medicine man
Organization
No organization assigned
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2025-03-21 · jury verdict
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Convicted on 15 federal sexual-abuse counts.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- purported spiritual treatment
- deception
- authority over patients
Primary record
Sources
- prosecuting authority disposition U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, “Purported Ute Mountain Ute Medicine Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Five Victims” (Mar. 21, 2025).
The Justice Department reports that Wall presented assaults as diagnosis or treatment of spiritual and physical conditions and that a federal jury convicted him on 15 counts involving five victims.
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